Marking pen/pencil for cassettes??? -Reply

Dear Sandy,
I either use a #1 pencil or a Sakura Pigma
Pen. Let the ink dry well before placing in
a solution. I have noticed some cassettes
are better than others at keeping their
numbers on.
-Sarah, Texas A&M
Histo-workers,
We've had problems lately with our cassettes losing or fading the
surgical numbers after processing... I'm not sure if it's the cassettes
or the pencils and markers.
We've tried...
*Official "Tissue-Tek" pencils, (they were the worst, believe it
or not)
*Regular #2 pencils (some brands work better than others)
*Secureline markers (which STILL fade and tend to dry out much
too quickly)
What have you-all found to work best? Many thanks, Sandosis
PS Please don't tell me to contact the vendor, been there, done that,
yadda, yadda, yadda. (Can't switch vendors either, we "have a
contract")
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